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Turtle Beach

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to secretly land, in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians, which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.

Top Cast

  • Greta Scacchi

    Greta Scacchi

    Judith

  • Victoria Longley

    Victoria Longley

    Sancha

  • Jack Thompson

    Jack Thompson

    Ralph

  • Art Malik

    Art Malik

    Kanan

  • Joan Chen

    Joan Chen

    Minou

  • Martin Jacobs

    Martin Jacobs

    Richard

  • Kee Chan

    Kee Chan

    Behzad

  • Norman Kaye

    Norman Kaye

    Hobday

  • William McInnes

    William McInnes

    Minder

Overview

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to secretly land, in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians, which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.

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